Hari Vepadharmalingam

Tax Cuts' Effect So Far: Good, Not Great

David, I saw Larry on CNBC the other day. There was also some discussion about 'real' compensation (value) versus 'paper' compensation (salary+benefits). Some experts argued that although the compensation just grew on paper, the 'real' compensation did not grow much at all. Larry did not elaborate on this.

Even otherwise, with this meager increase in compensation, I thought the energy prices and healthcare costs have zoomed way up. But Larry and his team of 'experts' did not elaborate on this too.

Hari.

Jim Cramer's Real Money Radio Recap, Aug.29

The actual Jim Cramer article that Miriam is referring to is "Can You Make Money From Jim Cramer's Picks?", posted on Jun 4th, 2006 and is present at

seekingalpha.com/artic...

Vietnam is the New India

Bjarni, I am not aware of an ETF for Vietnam, but from Faisal's article, you can expect one soon enough.

Faisal, on the downside, Vietnam has very few stocks trading in its stock exchange. There are not a lot of ooptions to look at as it is an 'emerging market'. But the country holds a lot of potential as it has people who can speak English and French. This has benefits for certain roles that can be outsourced. I am also looking forward to see if you can throw light on how far Vietnam would be able to compete with Brazil, Russia, China, India and other east European countries and how technically competetive the labor force is. Right now, Vietnam sounds interesting.